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The Bedford County Board of Education cancelled school on Aug. 21 because of the solar eclipse in part because of safety concerns and planned teacher absences. The SACP after-school program will be open. Superintendent Don Embry asked the board during its Tuesday meeting for guidance on how the schools should handle the eclipse. ...

A family's attempt to move a 16-year-old girl to Shelbyville, away from a predatory older man didn't work out. He was arrested Tuesday after taking her back to Kentucky, police said. "The family moved here to get away but he continued the relationship with her via telephone communication," Det. Lt. Brian Crews of the Shelbyville Police Department said...

Two men, one with a gun, threatened a man as he arrived at his home on Naron Road at mid-afternoon Wednesday. The victim said the men were inside his garage. One threatened him with the gun and ordered him to sit on the floor before both fled with a record player taken from the home...

Two people said another driver pointed a gun at them Monday in an apparent case of road rage. A man and woman said a man in a white Ford Edge followed their vehicle closely on U.S. 41A North, then passed them on the road's shoulder at a high rate of speed, according to a Bedford County Sheriff's Office report...

The time has finally come. It’s the time of the year high school football fans have been waiting for since the end of last season. Shelbyville Central’s Golden Eagles kick off the season tonight at home in a non-region clash against Tullahoma. It’s time to see if all the hard work and effort that was done in the off-season and pre-season will pay off...

Shots from a BB gun damaged property at several locations in the Shelbyville area Thursday, police said. One BB shattered the rear window of a vehicle at a Horse Mountain Road home overnight Wednesday, Another BB shattered a door at a Green Lane home Thursday night. A resident heard a “pop” and noticed the front door window shattered. Police were searching at the time for a man seen shooting a BB gun from the window of a black four-door car...

Commissioner John Brown, who chaired last week's meeting of Bedford County Board of Commissioners in the absence of County Mayor Eugene Ray, appears to have been unfairly denied the chance to vote on a controversial issue last week. The commission was voting last week on an amendment that would have stripped a new county vocational building out of a borrowing resolution. ...

The suspect in the injury of a Bedford County woman remained in jail Monday. The victim told a Bedford County deputy Bobby Dean Jolley, 39, of Unionville-Deason Road struck her in the face, leaving a black eye and cut requiring eight stitches, after asking her if she'd had another man in her vehicle when she and co-workers went to lunch earlier in the day...

The home of Kenneth and Buffy Cleek on Warners Bridge Road was destroyed by fire late Tuesday morning. Family members said they were unsure how the blaze started. No one was injured. (T-G Photo by David Melson)

The Bedford County school system is enhancing its career and technical education program. The new CTE director and secondary education supervisor, Joy Rich, spoke briefly about the program Tuesday at the Board of Education meeting. CTE launched new cosmetology and criminal justice programs at Shelbyville Central High School, she said. ...

When I first took a taste of one of my fermented pickles last month, it was a major disappointment. It had an off taste -- almost a carbonated, soda-water taste. Oh, well, I thought. Chalk it up to experience. It turns out I hadn't been patient enough. In the fridge, over time, the pickles got better and better, and one night last week, when I was looking for a snack and happened to reach into the pickle jar, I was surprised at how much better the pickles had gotten...